| Title | Contains Image(s) | Description | Keywords |
|---|---|---|---|
| wakaonna 若女 | Young girl. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young woman. The mature… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wakaotoko 若男 | Young man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a young commoner with… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| wansen 腕釧 | A wristlet. A decorative ring *kansen 鐶釧 found on the wrists of… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warabidegata 蕨手形 | Short for warabidegata suihotsu 蕨手形垂髪. Strands of hair *suihotsu… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| waraijō 笑尉 | Lit. "laughing old man." A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| waranawa 藁縄 | 1 Rope made by twisting together strands of straw. In clay statuary, the central wooden core *… |
Art History, General Terms, Architecture, Sculpture | |
| warihagi 割矧 | A sculpture technique used to carve a large hollow space *uchiguri… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| warikubi 割首 | A wood statue technique used to join the head and body at the neck. The head and body of a Buddha statue are carved from a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| washibana akujō 鷲鼻悪尉 | Eagle-nosed fierce old man. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面, representing a… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yakan 野干 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a small Chinese fox. Its thin-lipped, slightly… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yakuko 薬壷 | A medicine jar, found on the palm of the left hand in figures of *Yakushi 薬師, the… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yakushi keka 薬師悔過 | Keka 悔過 is a term used in Buddhism meaning repentance of one's sins, and refers to the chanting of prayers to… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| Yamauba 山姥 | Also read Yamanba. Oni-onna 鬼女 (demonic woman) or yama-onna 山女 (mountain woman) are used occasionally.… |
Art History, Painting, Sculpture | |
| yase-onna 痩女 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing the suffering spirit of a woman who dies from… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yase-otoko 痩男 | Emaciated man. Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a ghost suffering in hell. Lean… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yogan-in 与願印 | Lit. "wish-granting mudra (Sk: varada mudra)"; also segan-in 施願印. A mudra or hand gesture *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yōraku 瓔珞 | 1 A string of beads or lacework used to decorate Buddhist statues and objects. Often found on Bodhisattva… |
Art History, Sculpture, Architecture, Decorations | |
| yorimasa 頼政 | A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a 12th-century warrior-poet of the Seiwa Genji… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoroboshi 弱法師 | Priest with faltering step. A Noh mask *nōmen 能面 representing a blind young boy… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yoseki-zukuri 寄木造 | Also read yosegi zukuri. Formerly called kiyose zukuri 木寄造 or yoseai zukuri 寄合造. Antomym of *… |
Art History, Sculpture | |
| yūgeza 遊戯坐 | ✓ | Also read yūgiza (Sk: lalitasana). A seated position for a Buddhist image, usually a bodhisattva *… |
Art History, Sculpture |
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